Football Scientist on Texans Chick Blog

[Joe Joe]

http://blogs.chron.com/texanschick/
http://blogs.chron.com/texanschick/2...bers.html#more

There have been some very good entries based on conversations that Stephanie Stradley had with the Football Scientist, KC Joyner. I found it interesting that the offensive line put up decent block stats at POA, but they all had very low ypa. The hypothesis being that the RB may be more at fault.

The previous article about sacks was also very good. The stats really showed what was going on from my point of view. Some sacks on individual effort, but very few sacks created by the scheme. The stats also showed the scheme was more effective later in the season.

Bravo Houston Chronicle! Now only if they gave her Justice's job.

[Keith]

Originally Posted by Joe Joe

http://blogs.chron.com/texanschick/
http://blogs.chron.com/texanschick/2...bers.html#more

Bravo Houston Chronicle!

Don't give the Chronicle that much credit. It's all Steph. She's awesome.

[bckey]

I used to like her back in the day when she would post like everyone else. Now all her posts over at TT point back to herself and her blog.

[NBT]

I think Texans Chick is very informative and works at it real hard. I agree with Keith.

[Bigtinylittle]

Originally Posted by NBT

I think Texans Chick is very informative and works at it real hard. I agree with Keith.

Her knowledge of the Texans runs circles around Richard Justice. That's what makes his arrogance so funny. He really doesn't know much about football. Some of his takes are downright stupid. And no, I'm not just talking about his blog, which some claim is tongue in cheek. I'm talking about on the radio. And if his radio takes are tongue in cheek too, then he really is a lost soul.

[NBT]

I couldn't agree more. Richard Justice is the sorriest excuse for a sports columnist I beleive I have ever seen.

[Joe Joe]

Originally Posted by Keith

Don't give the Chronicle that much credit. It's all Steph. She's awesome.

With as much bashing (well deserved mostly), I think the Chronicle needed props for getting Steph to blog for them even though it makes them look stupid based on how much better her blog is than the Chron's normal sports writers.

[NBT]

Richard Justice forte is that of the contrarian. The more he can throw salt on the wound, the more successful he feels. Not my idea of a good sports journalist, but he does get talked about out of all proportion to his ability with the pen.